Sowerby Bridge News

History came to life at the weekend as hundreds converged on the packhorse bridge in Hebden and at Heptonstall village to see Royalists and Parliamentarians fighting it out as they had done more than three centuries ago.

A local company are doing amazing work to help the environment by manufacturing an innovative range of products from recycled plastic, which is helping to divert British plastic waste from landfill and back into everyday use in commercial and domestic applications.

Jerusalem Farm has been named one of the top ten campsites in England.
Camping Magazine listed the site, near Halifax, as one of its ten best sites in its July issue. Describing the site as a ‘treasure’, the magazine named it number 6 in the country. The description praises the site’s idyllic setting and lack of car access (there is car parking but cars are not allowed onto the actual site). Camping Magazine continues:

A Lancashire alternative education company with offices in Calderdale and across Greater Manchester, was taken to court this week as a result of substantial debts owed to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), with the court promptly ordering the winding up of the company.

A vision for transport in Calderdale for the next 20 years is to be considered by councillors next week (June 21). Members of Calderdale Council’s Cabinet will be asked to endorse the outline transport strategy, which has been proposed by the Transport Issues Working Group.